Join our webinar on travel freelancing designed for independent journalists. Learn about effective storytelling, how to pitch the top editors, and ways to get the bylines that will boost your career.

Featuring:

• Starlight Williams, Travel Editor, National Geographic

• Tacey Rychter, 36 Hours Editor, New York Times Travel

• Amanda Finnegan, By the Way Editor, Washington Post

• Katherine LaGrave, Deputy Editor, Afar Magazine

• Meena Thiruvengadam, Freelance Journalist (moderator)

Join our panel discussion on business journalism designed for freelancers hoping to learn more about pitching and covering business and personal finance stories. Hear from editors about what they want in a freelance pitch and relationship. Improve your reporting and strategy as an independent journalist.

Featuring:

• Manseen Logan, Editor of Freelancers, Business Insider

• Mike Dang, Personal Finance Editor, the New York Times

• Reyhan Harmanci, Senior Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek

• Shernay Williams, Independent Video Journalist (moderator)

Hear from successful independent journalists about their strategies for assignment selection, income generation, editor relationships and more. You'll learn about how fellowships, grants, and book projects can fit into your portfolio of work. Current and former freelancers will share the reality of making a living while doing meaningful work. This webinar is sponsored by the O'Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism.

Featuring:

• Cerise Castle, journalist

• Fernanda Santos, Editor & Leader in Digital & Audio

• Sarah Carr, independent journalist

• Moderated by: Jaeah Jonae Lee, independent journalist

Join our webinar on health and science freelancing designed for independent journalists. Learn about effective storytelling, pitching science and health-related stories, and steering your freelance career. Hear directly from editors for the New York Times, WebMD and Science what they're looking for in pitches from or assignments to independent journalists.

Featuring:

• Lori Leibovich, Editor, NYT Well

• Kyung Song, Managing Editor, WebMD

• Shraddha Chakradhar, Deputy News Editor for Diversity, Science

• Moderated by: Katherine Reynolds Lewis, IIJ Founder and Independent Journalist

Whether you’re a U.S. journalist contemplating an exodus, or an international journalist already, learn how to navigate obstacles and build a global freelance career. This webinar will cover the logistics of freelancing abroad, pitching and reporting for U.S. publications, and sources of support. Speakers: Damaso Reyes of NY Amsterdam News; freelancer Imani Bashir; Itika Sharma Punit of Rest of World; Josh Rivera of USA Today; and moderator Michelle No.

Journalists can become trauma-informed in their interviewing and reporting approaches, when working with survivors of trauma. Speakers: Lisa Armstrong, UC Berkeley Professor and DART Trainer, Amrita Doshi, Co-Founder & Executive Director of South Asian SOAR, Naseem Miller, Senior Health Editor at The Journalist’s Resource, and Moderator Leslie Rangel, Founder of The News Yogi.

Join our webinar on insurance coverage for freelance journalists. Learn about securing insurance as a freelance journalist, how to manage risk and resources that can protect you. We'll discuss health insurance, media perils, indemnity clauses, and libel risks. Fri., Jan. 19 from 12-1:15 pm ET

Imagine taking 9 months or a year to dive into a journalism project or to learn at one of the nation's most illustrious universities. This panel of fellowship directors and recipients will address finding funding, explain what they look for in applications, and share how fellowships impact your career. Speakers: Dean Baquet for NY Times local investigations, Ashley Sharp for MIT Knight Science Journalism, Lynnette Clemetson for Knight-Wallace, Noy Thrupkaew of Ida B. Wells, and moderator Alissa Figueroa.

Learn from book publishing professionals about the process of writing a proposal, finding an agent, landing a book contract and launching a successful book. You'll hear about the current tough market for debut authors -- and what key steps you can take in hopes of rising to the top of the pile. Speakers: Ayesha Pande of Pande Literary, Jade Wong-Baxter of Frances Golden Literary, author Sylvia A. Harvey and author Vanessa Hua.

Can you earn a living as a long-form narrative or investigative journalist? This panel of award-winning journalists will address how to find funding for ambitious projects, sustain your optimism, and build a career in long form. Speakers: Somewhere Sisters author Erika Hayasaki, Jaeah J. Lee of the NYT Magazine, Lottie Joiner of Verite, and Valeria Fernández of Palabra.

Learn from editors at the most sought-after publications about how to pitch them successfully. This webinar will cover the basics of pitching, connecting with editors, developing stories and success in querying. Speakers: Nikita Stewart from the New York Times, Deblina Chakraborty from CNN, Chelsea Peng of The Strategist, and Tekendra Parmar of Business Insider. Moderator: Ellen Lee.

Calm the chaos and make time for what matters! Join author Laura Vanderkam for a sneak peak at her forthcoming book, Tranquility by Tuesday, including the 9 principles that Laura distilled from her 15-plus years as a time management writer and the the results of 150 people implementing these rules. Independent journalist Jamila Bey moderates.